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ICC World Cup Records and Statistics - Career
Players with Most World Cup Matches
Player
Country
Matches
Batting
Bowling
Runs
Avg
Wkts
Avg
1
R T Ponting
Australia
46
1743
45.87
2
S R Tendulkar
India
45
2278
56.95
8
67.38
3
D P M D Jayawardene
Sri Lanka
40
1100
35.48
2
65.50
4
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
40
69
8.63
68
19.63
5
G D McGrath
Australia
39
3
3.00
71
18.20
6
S T Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka
38
1165
34.26
27
39.26
7
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
38
426
19.36
55
23.84
8
K C Sangakkara
Sri Lanka
37
1532
56.74
9
J H Kallis
South Africa
36
1148
45.92
21
43.05
10
C H Gayle*
West Indies
35
1186
35.94
16
40.75
11
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistan
35
717
23.90
12
P A de Silva
Sri Lanka
35
1064
36.69
16
41.94
13
B B McCullum
New Zealand
34
742
33.73
14
B C Lara
West Indies
34
1225
42.24
15
J Srinath
India
34
85
9.44
44
27.82
16
Javed Miandad
Pakistan
33
1083
43.32
4
18.25
17
L R P L Taylor*
New Zealand
33
1002
37.11
18
S P Fleming
New Zealand
33
1075
35.83
1
8.00
19
S R Waugh
Australia
33
978
48.90
27
30.15
20
D L Vettori
New Zealand
32
167
15.18
36
32.44
21
A C Gilchrist
Australia
31
1085
36.17
22
S Chanderpaul
West Indies
31
970
40.42
0
23
S M Pollock
South Africa
31
279
17.44
31
31.29
24
W P U J C Vaas
Sri Lanka
31
219
21.90
49
21.22
25
A Flower
Zimbabwe
30
815
32.60
26
A Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
30
969
46.14
6
76.67
27
M Azharuddin
India
30
826
39.33
5
21.80
28
E J G Morgan
England
29
672
25.85
29
Ijaz Ahmed
Pakistan
29
516
23.45
1
170.00
30
M S Dhoni
India
29
780
43.33
31
Mushfiqur Rahim*
Bangladesh
29
877
38.13
32
S L Malinga*
Sri Lanka
29
33
3.00
56
22.88
33
Shakib Al Hasan*
Bangladesh
29
1146
45.84
34
35.94
34
Tamim Iqbal*
Bangladesh
29
718
24.76
35
C L Cairns
New Zealand
28
565
33.24
18
41.94
36
C Z Harris
New Zealand
28
431
28.73
32
26.91
37
Imran Khan
Pakistan
28
666
35.05
34
19.26
38
S O Tikolo
Kenya
28
768
29.54
15
34.13
39
M J Guptill*
New Zealand
27
995
43.26
40
Saleem Malik
Pakistan
27
591
32.83
4
70.50
41
Shahid Afridi
Pakistan
27
325
14.13
30
27.70
42
T M Dilshan
Sri Lanka
27
1112
52.95
18
24.83
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